MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506030600F384.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506030600F384.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 16 day GFS valid 6Z THU 19 JUN 25 Station: 43.02,-89.88 Latitude: 43.02 Longitude: -89.88 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 28 SFC 968 314 25.9 22.8 83 3.0 23.6 220 16 301.8 305.2 298.0 356.1 18.38 2 950 476 25.4 22.5 84 2.9 23.3 222 30 302.9 306.3 298.2 357.3 18.32 3 900 951 23.4 21.0 86 2.5 21.6 237 46 305.7 308.9 298.4 358.6 17.63 4 850 1453 23.8 16.9 65 6.9 18.9 258 44 311.1 313.8 297.7 355.1 14.40 5 800 1982 21.6 10.6 49 11.0 14.4 273 41 314.2 316.1 295.6 345.5 10.08 6 750 2539 19.3 -3.3 21 22.6 7.4 274 40 317.6 318.4 291.9 330.5 4.00 7 700 3128 15.7 -13.7 12 29.5 2.9 268 38 319.9 320.3 290.6 326.3 1.89 8 650 3749 10.2 -15.8 14 26.0 -0.3 266 37 320.5 320.8 290.6 326.3 1.72 9 600 4407 4.4 -20.2 15 24.7 -4.3 266 43 321.2 321.5 290.5 325.6 1.28 10 550 5107 -0.4 -26.8 11 26.5 -8.2 264 52 323.7 323.8 290.7 326.4 0.77 11 500 5862 -5.6 -26.8 17 21.2 -11.6 261 58 326.2 326.4 291.5 329.3 0.85 12 450 6678 -11.6 -32.9 15 21.3 -16.4 271 61 328.7 328.8 291.9 330.6 0.53 13 400 7568 -18.3 -36.2 19 17.9 -21.6 277 67 331.2 331.3 292.5 332.8 0.43 14 350 8549 -26.2 -40.1 26 13.9 -28.1 283 64 333.4 333.5 293.0 334.7 0.33 15 300 9643 -35.3 -44.5 39 9.1 -36.2 290 65 335.6 335.6 293.4 336.5 0.24 16 250 10885 -44.9 -54.7 32 9.8 -45.3 298 62 339.3 339.3 294.3 339.7 0.09 17 200 12351 -52.3 -65.6 19 13.3 -52.6 287 43 350.0 350.0 296.7 350.1 0.03 18 150 14177 -59.9 -75.6 11 15.7 -60.0 273 38 366.9 367.0 300.0 367.0 0.01 19 100 16657 -65.6 -83.3 7 17.7 -65.8 273 30 400.9 400.9 305.3 401.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5833.90 m Freezing level: 553.75 mb = 5054.90 m = 16584.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 655.06 mb = 3684.02 m = 12086.52 ft Precipitable water: 1.38 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 33.36 % Est. max temperature: 36.99 C = 98.58 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 926.34 mb = 697.92 m = 2289.73 ft T: 24.47 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.80 C/km ThetaE index: 32.28 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 723.05 mb = 2851.31 m = 9354.58 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.57 g/kg Conv temperature: 42.70 C = 108.86 F Cap Strength: 4.31 C Lifted Index: -5.21 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.93 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.17 C Showalter Index: -4.39 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.88 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.38 C Cross Totals Index: 22.50 C K Index: 16.82 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 405.81 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.89 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2578.01 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 71.81 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 311.88 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.29 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 876.31 mb = 1185.60 m = 3889.72 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 641.31 mb = 3859.56 m = 12662.46 ft Equ Level (EL): 171.31 mb = 13333.68 m = 43745.14 ft B at Equ Level: 2558.85 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 262.0 at 44.1 knts Storm direction: 292.0 at 33.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.7 neg: 0.9 tot: 6.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 66.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 402.6 neg: -17.4 tot: 385.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 128.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.3 stream: 7.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.49 Bulk Rich Number: 29.23 Bulk Shear: 88.20 m/s